Oil prices ease and Asian shares are mostly lower as energy supply worries over Iran war remain
HONG KONG (AP) — Oil prices on Friday pared earlier gains on the intensifying Iran war, falling back to around $108 a barrel, as Iran strikes Gulf energy facilities, while Asian shares were mostly down following Wall Street losses. U. S. futures edged up 0. 1%. Oil prices had a roller-coaster day on Thursday with the Brent crude, the international standard, briefly surging to around $119 per barrel as attacks by Iran on oil and gas facilities around the Gulf escalated after Israel's attack 0...
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Mon, 16 Mar 2026
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- A Utah woman who wrote a book on grief after husband's death found guilty of murdering him
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- Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital
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